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Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
SATURDAYS Game.

The New Ravens went to New York on
Saturday. None of the seats were large
enough for Troy and Taylor to occupy, SO
they took off their coats and stood on the car
Platform, getting nice refreshing breeze all
the way down. The New Ravens were pretty
well tired out when they got there. 1t was
Fitzgerald's first trip to New York. None
of the boys felt like playing. Fitzgerald said
before the game that his side and arm were
very sore and he did not intend to
kill himself pitching. New Haveners
would have laughed if they could
have seen the New Hayens
play At one time Halpin was on first base
and he forgot he was base runner and ran
to catch ball which q fielder threw in.
Somebody threw wildly to Taylor, who was
on first base. He cast a knowing glance at
somebody in the grand stand and then stood
and watched the ball roll to the fence, when
he winked and started after it at Maud SIS
pace when she was asleep. Owens distin-
guished himself by turning back somer-
sault in right field, "a fly ball hitting him with
such force Mellon fell asleep in center field
and wanted someone to wake him up when
bali was hit his way. He slept SO hard that
Troy's shouting did not wake him until the
bali, which was making a straight line for
Melons head, got very near him, when he
put up his hands and of course did not get
it. Murphy in left field could not stop a
barn, let alone ball, and two or three times
he had to run over to Central Park after the
ball
In the first inning when Troy walked to
the plate everybody cheered, as he was no
stranger. A policeman in the grand stand
had two or three clubs and he kept whacking
away on bench, shouting that he knew the
ssDasher." After the cheering subsidized
Brill at short stop was kind enough to tumble
Troy's hit.
In the second inning Cuff came to the bat.
Everybody again eheered. The policeman in
the grand stand repeated his former act, say
ing that he didn't know "Jack," but he knew
those who knew some of "Jack's" friends,
and was whacking the bench for friendships
sake. He hoped that Cuff, after he had
made home run, would come up i'll the
grand stand and speak to him. Cuff made
two hits at the bali, and then the next two
went away over his head, but the umpire
called strikes. The crowd did not
think this fair SO they shouted "get step
ladder" Murphy then came to the bat and
winked at the umpire. The latter immedi-
ately said he would not be bribed in that
way and told Halpin and Taylor they
couldn't coach any longer. Halpin said he
was captain and he could not do that. The
umpire said he did not care if he was John
B. Day and he would fine him ten sodas, to
be given after the game, as he was making
the rules to suit himself.
The game at the end of the seventh in
ming stood IA to in favor of the Reserves.
Then the New Ravens knew they must do
something and in each of the succeeding
innings shut out the Reserves and made
three runs. IF two more innings had been
played the New Ravens would have won,
and they would had Burns and Crowley been
in their usual positions.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
NO CRIME Committed.

Judge Platt, in Birmingham on Saturday
morning, rendered his decision in the case of
the State against John Conner, the young
man who is charged with having enticed
Lille Gorham, aged is, from her home in
New Haven to Birmingham for immoral pur-
poses. The judge thought the parties mu-
tually to blame for what had happened and
that no actual crime had been committed
The girl is to be placed in charitable hands.
Judgment was suspended.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
Bottle Fed Babies

Often surpass in robustness children who are
thought to be more favored. Alarge number
of mothers are not able to give their children
proper nutriment, and in such cases Lac
tated Food is all that can be desired. It is
easily digested and agrees with children of
all ages. jy4 eod3t
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
New York, New Haven ~ Hart.

New York. New Haven ~ Hart.
ford e. r.. June 81, 1877.
TRAINS LEAVE NEW HAVEN AS FOLLo>."s:
FOR NEW YORK-~3:5S @4:2O, daily exceps Mn
day. S o.. KS sa1 $50 $50 p
4:05, s5:e5, $50, *5:50,620 milk train with pzss.
accommodation way to Harlem River. "zlns
CSC way to Br td6 SIS 900 a. sas2
wAsH 1is gro NfdHT EXPRESS VIA HARLEM
RIVER-Leaves at 1850 p. m. daily, stops ct
Milford Bridgeport South Norwalk and Siam
FOR BOSTON VIA sPRINaFIELD-.l:o a. m
$50. $780, s11:o5 a. m. s1:16, $40, 1925 p. N.
FOR BosToN WI VA h NR% IoRboN AND PRov1
DENCE-*1:30 a. M. 1850 ,S103o g. M, fast
express s3:Go p. m. Sundays @1:3O q. m. New
white Mountain express 11:sO a. m.
E. r. R-*2:30 a. m. daily.
FOR BOSTON Via Air Line and n Y. & n. z. B. R.
FOB HHRTFoRD, SPRINGFIELD AND MERIDEN.
s5s 500. f16:ss. si1;o5 i1so is1S p M. FIR si:is.
3:1o 5:os (5:55 20 Hartford, 6:26, s:12, s:4S
o. m Sundays s1:o2 a. M, 1926 p. m.
FOR NEW LONDON, ETo-s1:so a. M, 6:4s.
for Guford 900 p. M, for Saybrook 1:a0 p.
M Sundays 1870 a. nj.
VIA B. q N. Y. AIR LINE DIVISION for Middle
sos am, LBS, 800 p m. daily. stopping only
at aiiddletownl, 6:15 pm; Connect at Mid
dletown with Conn. Valley R. r.. and at Will
R.. at Turnerville with Colchester Branch.
Trains arrive in New Haven at 500, 11:o0, am,
.:22, $685., 6:5S p. m.
O. NJ. SHEPARD. General Superintendent.
G. 7, HEMPSTEAD, Gen. Pass'r Agt.
express trains.
focal Exprsss-
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
Knanet Club rienfe.

The Emmett club holds its annual picnic at
Hamilton Park to-day. There will be horse
trot, steeple chase, cricket match and
base ball game, besides other sources of
amusement.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04

James PyIe's Pearline is acknowl-
edged to be the best preparation in use for
laundry purposes. It enables the washer to
cleanse the clothes without wearing them out
with rubbing or pounding. jy4 dSlw1t
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
General State News.

William Halloran of Waterbury, 40 years
of age and a laborer, while at work in a
quarry was overcome by the severe heat of
Friday afternoon and died in two hours.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
1T CANNOT BE DONE

Spectaces or eyeglasses can be fitted to the eyes
by anyone especially trained for that business but
1t has been tried repeatedly and found to be abso
lutely impossible to fit the eyes to the spectaces
eyeglasses
The eye is too sensitive, owing to the delicacy
and complexity of its organism to be submitted to
the mercy OF inexperienced uninstructed pract-
TONERS and pedders, whose only object is profit.
Consult your better judgment and decide in favor
of c. NJ. Parker, who makes a thorough iAvestiga-
tion and guarantees perfect fit in every case.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
Tranelers' buide
NFW HAVEN STEAMBOAT CO

NEW HAVEN SIEAMBOAi w
uaiIv fer New York-Pare 75c, inciu,
fnG kerth-ExcuFsIOm Tickets (good
days. $1.25.
steamer H NORTHAM, Capt. Wolgemuth leaves
NeWHayen II O'Clock pm, Sunday excepted state
rooms sold at Peck Bishops ana at klock sDrug
leaves New Haven at 1915 a. m SUNDAYS excepteo.
From New York-The G. II. NORTHAM Ieaves
Peck sin at 8 D. M, and the CONTINENTAL at II
o. m, Sund sys excepte-, SATURDAY IL 0 ciockn
night. c+oo,,a- EI.m c1Ty at
10 a m steamer NEW HAVtN at 1880 p. m
staterooms for latter sold al the Elliott House.
Free staee from ms. Building ~ p. N: I1ckets
aold and baggage checked thro to Phnadeipnls
Via both routesl. Baltimore apo Was Sg
From New York ELM CITY at II p m; SUNDAY.
starin,s new Haven Transporta-
tfoN Line.
Everv Nav Except Saturday.
.s=A Leave New ,ave eoc< from % M a'S'f The
JOHN Il. STARIN, Captain McAlis 81, e ER sTTIs
day, Tuesday and Thursday. ThS I'VE Msdn "a
CORNING, Captain Spoor, every Monday. 80
day and Friday. Returning, leave NeS A.
the starin every Monday, Wednesday and FrfdA.
the Corning every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday
The only Sunday night boat from New York.
Fare, with berth in cabin, &c; stateroom 81. ET
carsion tickets $1.25.
Free Stage leaves the depot on arrival Of Hart
ford train, and from corner Church and Chape
streets every half hour commencing at $3.50 O'CLOCK
p. m.
Downes News Co., 1853 Chapel street, Peck & Bishop
c. NJ. CONKLIN, Agent,
my31 New Haven. Conn.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
G. M. Parker, Optician,
S54 CHAPEL STREET.
Choking Catarrh.

Have you awakened from disturbed sleep with
all the horrible sensations of assassin cutchng
your throat and pressing the life breath from your
frightened chest? Have you noticed the languor and
debility that succeed the effort to clear your throat
and head of this catarrhal matter2 What depress-
ing influence it exerts upon the mind, cloudng the
memory and filling the head with pains and strange
noises! How difficult it is to rid the nasal passages,
throat and lungs of this poisonous mucus all can
testify who afflicted with catarrh. How diff
cult to protect the system against its fuher prog
towards the lungs, liver and kidneys, all phys-
clans will admit 1t is terrible disease and cries
out for relief and cure.
The remarkable curative powers, when all other
remedies utterly fail, of SANFORD s RADICAL CURE,
are attested by thousands who gratefully recon-
mend it to fellow sufferers. No statement is made
regarding it that cannot be substantiated by the
most respectable and reliable references.
Each packet contains one bottle of the RADICAL
CURE, one box of CATARRHAL SOLVENT and an I'M
PROVED INHALER, with treatise and directions, and
is sold by all druggists for $1.00.
POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co., BOSTON.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
Financial.

NOw-The Time To Speculate.
A GIVE FLUCTUATIONS in the market offer
~ opportunities to spectators to make money
ID Grain Stocks, Bonds and Petroleum. Prompt
personal attention given to orders received by wire
or mail. Correspondence solicited. Full informa
fion about the markets in our book, which will be
forwarded free on application.
n ID. KYLE Banker and Broker.
3S Broad and 81 New Streets, New York CITY
de90daw1y
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
New Haven q Northampton b. b.
Nausatuck Railroad.

COMMENCING MAY so, 1887 trains leave New
Haven via N. Il. & D. r. R., connecting with this
road at
700 am.-Connecting at Ansonla with passenger
train for Waterbury, Litchdeld and Win
Sted.
9:52 am-Through car for Waterbury. Watertown
Litchfie1d, Winsted. Through car only az
far as Waterbury.
2:30 pm.-Connectinga at Ansonia with passenger
train for Waterbury and WATERFOWL.
s..e :. ~,.-Through car for Waterbury, WATERFOWL
''s' P'A Titchfield. Winsted. Through car only as
4. Ia, as Waterbury.
IN, mNCopp,. citing at .Ansonia for Waterbury.
~ gSfp New Az N-Tra ms leave Winsted: 7:i3
a m % mn with throuA h ear and at 4:Ss pm.
TRAINS LEAVE WATERls URYaAt $50 am
s:26 m, through car, 1880 an 2;42 pm.' through
car, 5:52 pm. pEACu c,,,4
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
Railroads..
aave, and Derby Railroad.

New Haven and Derby Railroad.
Train Arrangement commencing Nay o. toof'
LEAVE NEW HAVEN
At TOO and s:52 a. m. $780, $780, 5:45, 7:o5 p. m
Saturdays only at HOO p. m.
LEAVE AN6ONIA
At $685. 9:06 and 11:40 1:10 500 and o:4U p m.
Connections are made at Ansenia with passenger
trains Of the Naugatuck railroad and at New Haven
with the principal trains of other roads centeR1D2
there. E. 8. QUINTARD, Supe-
New Haven, May 30. 1857.
New Haven az Northampton R. Re-
Trains leave New Haven at 7:15 and 11:O4 a. N. -
and 400 p for North Adams, Turner's Falls
Williamsburg. Holyoke and New Hartford, and In
termediate points. At 6:25 p. m. for Williamsburg
and points this side.
Trains arrive from William sburg at 9:17 a. m.
and from North Adams at 1:23, $50 and 1923 D. m.
~Small time tables at all stations
EDWARD A. RAY, g. T. A.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04
Editor of the Chicago Herald Chal-
IenEed.

Deacon Lucius Rowe has improved consid-
erably in health during the past few days.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-07-04

Their Coming Grand Picnic at Savtn
Rock-The Full List of Prizes Do
mated Up to Date-But More to Come
Yet.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-10-29

/ VERY INTERESTING ARTICLE
On MINING.

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v~f..-- rssnss ~ xecsi 1ns~r~~t.
fconcl,de<j fnom Grsf parc.)
$1,000. .,..,,,.,,,. la,
49,. 49, ,<ss 80. ,:,.-,.' - .,..t.s. .rd
80 $3.50 s,s.' .s.s ..,,;sh u ,,nds~wrct
4 terrible drv distiIlation or change. and
became the well known and valuable
product which we find II. it's possible,
however Tor hard hemntites 70 Dc iound
In close proximity ~ soft hematite veins
The depth Of the veins could probably
b. calculated, Il by deep borinEs II could
be determined where, during the
,,pur.vu or RIM = Axox
ny o''o 49, ose'' ~ - ' "e 80, =
s''' ''oss. - ''e $500 49,
- -,'f ~ .a's e,''i'.' ,s..a. 49,.
-, -. s,'' III. ''" =, - s -
- ~ 49,. r' - ca sn.,- ,,,s'*,'
80 $500 -. H.
"o' - ~, = '.''s =. 49,. go
would nrove this theory In regard TO
| the crevices and kidney caves between
| the iron veins. where generally are found
| the finest iron specimens, in the shape
either o. kidney, grape or pearl iron,
sometimes mixed with silica or quarts
crystals, came ttl the conclusion that
| rurv .pr rop><rn ~ rur
Same way az "Ic hs"'es or S'a''e'''e', ~
tne cavi''eS oi r'''c'ou7 "r '''no 'voNs
thronsn sweat or uf'P p'ooe'0 =, '''o,'
respecu'e 'noVner tocNn' H'esy ueSen"
ing urop oi ""oc' co"'"'hr p"r''.'e7 ~
ron INC w"'s' e'npo'a'eS anu ''a's'
the IRON w 'ne oeau''u' 'o''''s 'e7o'''''''
"neh. 90 y o''e'' '''e caSe' '''e -" o'e
ee's'.'s ! - ~. an, - a.
quartz crystals, specimens Of which are
much sought after TO adorn mineral
cabinets. Miners regard the occurrence
ofgrape or kidney iron sure sign 81 the
value OF the ore deposits in the neighbour
hood, but the idea il unsupported when
VIZ co,,r tn ANAr.yzr
a. - -. !. - - ho.a
'"o -. - a., - -
~ 9e,"s ' .,a \. 49,. d.,.,sa
~ :. ~. ..,a 80 49, ;,o,,
- -. !, - -,
49, ~ - 49, -.
-, ,,., "a
~ - 80 -, - - ;.aa $50,
, =. 49, -, -, =,
email nronort;op while in uncertain de.
posits they will dominate. Besides the
two or three variations mentioned, oi
iron ore, used for the manufacturing o
iron, there is the clay iron stone, an
abundant product OF the clayey soil o.
the interior OF Africa. The clay iror
STONE IA ro,rxp THERE
IN tine shape Oh rounn pai's anu N'oneyS
lying III iarge q"ah1i,ies on tue Sur'"ce
ana easily Rathereu. 4. was ior'neu u
the notes ana caVit'es Oh the s.rohR iro'
containing cay where ,he sikher "n'e'
deposited " IN tne snape Oh an ONION
ouip' one tmn 'nyer covering 'he o'ner
Later the SOU cray WIS "hsneu away
ana the iron puios containing "i'noS'
pure IRON were ieit AZ tine suri''ce' ro'
thousands OF years the negroes nav
gathered them' ana mixed 'hem VIII
o"''oos, ~ s''"p'' ''"s 800, 80. ~
swomn nrocess The result Il a YER,
aro sost blacksm;th iron which they ~,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-10-29

81 .n<I ~ l..< co.,,,- (. -1.. "a r.>...
ured sound slo>h, sloeh, rloeI and
}. ", G .,...,,-.:'... AZ. ~.
NJ I'M ..,,.,,,t .;.ht !, III. $3.50. ..-.
~ = 40 Z. : awav IN. MAJ ,,,v.s -
.1<. Il, ,,,,t; 80 81. $500, ,.,,;..ts -,
ua.,, =. c,,,,s - ,,t - an. ,;.,l.-.
uhe h..rt 20
THE HUNTER shhivELS
within him Ia the size nj a che4tnnt. and
dies into his throat. where Il keeps no
such a thumpinp that Il seems impoeni-
BILE that the noiae shonld eecane thu
quick ear Of the game. All the hunter
can see Il the two green ewes and they
remain. almost ,not;onIeaa When the
ewes become sufIicientlv nlain and clear
the paddler stops and with the utmost
caution the gun is brought TO full cock
anu P'ao'" W n'n S''o"'"e' "''' ".''' -
'"n.. u''eo' ior ING oyo7 ""''' My ''".V
e' '''inna no nn7 '''c "ii'' ~ n'0es, ''o
.o"s,s "o"n aoo"' s'~ i'."'' :" "''o"
ior 'he prom'nehce Oh sne ior""fu S's"'
CAUSED BY THE LIGHT
81 49,,
s-S.. a. ~
~ =, 49, !. 80, q, - 4.
a.. f - A. a.. - - :, 80, ,.....,
,.s1,s !. 49, -. .~a., r..
s a. e,...~..~.r 49,. ..,,,t
Vo ~ ''. r. a. 80. ..a.
- - s .,;. .,,,... sh,,,ah 49, 1870
80 -
a." 49,. ~. ,s;u'o,, 70 ..s,s ,.o..
silent before, be doubly SO now, and listen.
Does nc pu's' inoo anu '.''r ''''o'sn .,'o
"oous aS '"o'sn no '"" s,"o ~ s''s
k'hahns-"ooo business anu Wa 10y ,"s
",n'ef '.o0N' anu w yo' .e '
oraSi''''s anu s'''''''''s ""'" ''' SUM
u'eS away
IN THE DISTANT HiLLsiDEY
II was n clear miss or NJ best n Craze.
R,t No. tho nnroar dies AWAY. and n
silence Won can almost feel ensues. What
sound Il tbatfrom the neiphboring woods?
Thera no Ia Won can hear him breathe
aud wbeeze M every inspiration. II il
well The sbot was n little wild. but IL
was nrettv well nlaced all the same. Now
Withdraw with all the stiffness possible
and not until quite n distance away
Whisper W y""' o'"'l'''"'o" ""'
guess INNS our ''o''' VIM. w 20"
.ni'N' r"r ''o'' any 'N' - so"' i !,
uisc"vcrs "na' ',"r' num- ,a'''"" !"
you ".tehp, 10 m"n' nc WIZ 'io'o Inn"
iike'y trsVe' ,ii' ne drops
FROM LOSS OF BLOOD,
- A.
,w',''r ~ 'D',N1 -. 49, -. a. g..
49, $40 N, 80 -. -. A,'aaa.,, wha.a
-, =. .....A.... "A. a.
,ross 90 a stroke 81 lightning ar n M o,
indignation, or TO any cause other than
the agency oil man, you Will find him IN
the morning, II not lying dead, where
you last heard him, mt all events so en-
ieebled that you may approach him with
the certainty oil success. In many I'M
stances during headlight hunt the
game rs hit In the neck in which case he
drops in his tracks and can be loaded IN
To the boat mt once and the hunt resum-
ed. Many are oil the
OPINION THAT NIGHT HUNTING
,.n,,...
/
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-10-29
MINOR MINING NOTES.

There IN nothing being done at the
Kimball mine mt present except keeping
the water out and making preparations
for the winter. Capt. Jas. Richard has
been sick during the past month and ms
soon as he is able TO take the manage
ment again active work will recommended
sinking another level. The present level
IL eighty-hve feet deep and cross cuts
nearly four hundred feet. Twenty thou
sand tons Of marketable ore Is In sight
on this level and tits the opinion Of Capt.
Richard that with proper work next
years output might reach $4,000 tons.
There h now FIVE hundred tons Of ore In
the stock pile. The mine is well equipped
with machinery and there appears 10 be
no question about the iuture prosperity
of the Kinball.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-03-01

When Queen Victoria was & baby
a carriage in which she was being
aired upset and was about to fall in
such manner as to break her neck,
when John Maloney jumped in and
saved her neck by getting his leg
broken instead. John still lives at
ninety, and is the recipient Of her
royal bounty, though to an extent
which indicates that she did not set
much value ON her baby neck or on
Maloney's legs. F. Alta.
According to the Alta the British
peerage is about to be enriched by
an addition which may improve its
morals. The Earl of Stamford has
"married nigger," Hottentot
lady, if you please, in South Africa,
where she promenades around
Afric's sunny fountain clad in
Natures corset and hustle. Her
son will be an hereditary peer of the
realm.
"Young man," he said in solemn
tones, "don't you know that if you
persist in drinking you will never
get ahead in this world?" "Won't
get a head?" repeated the young
man. "Why, my dear sir. your
ignorance surprises me. I'll have a
head OH me tomorrow morning rs
big as barrel"
According to an old superstition,
"if q baby tumbles out of bed it will
save his becoming q fool" 1t seems
strange that the entire dude popula-
ton of this country should have
escaped falling out of bed in their
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Herald.
The Alta says, Sin case of war,
Canada should not forget that we
have settled within her borders a
colony of American cashiers. They
will steal all the spoils overlooked
by our armies"
Senator Edmunds wants an ine-
briate asylum at Washington. 1t is
needed for the dissolute sons of
Senators and Representatives,
Boston Traveller.
The Wrong Morai.--Teacher ;
Suppose my watch had no works
and / should sell it to a man for f10,
would you have much respect fol-
me5' Pupil: 81 should have less
for the other feller!'
How shall we stop the great evil
CT lieing?' asks religious weekly.
Give it up. It's a habit you ought
never to have fallen into.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-03-01
Che 9aiIy gnllstin.
TUESDAY. MAR. 1. 1887.
the RAMIe.
UTILIZATION OF THE PLANT FOR TEX
TILE FABRICS.

Within the past few weeks num-
Der OF gentlemen have associated
themselves into Il company which
has for its object the cultivation and
manufacturing into n merchantable
form of the plant known as ramie.
This plant may be described as
gigantic nettle without stings. 1t
belongs TO the "Urticacea" family,
and is a native of East India, the
Malayan archipelago and China.
For many years it has been sought
by inventors and manufacturers of
textile fabrics to obtain or discover II
machine whereby the ramie could be
properly dccorticated, or rather de-
iiberized. The outer skin of the plant
is composed of hard, woody sub
stance, containing slick, which tends
to make it brittle. Under this skin
lies fine silk-like fiber, but its fila
ments are gummed together and
cling so closely that the strong threads
have hitherto detied separation by
any other means than picking by
hand.
A solution of the problem of work
ing ramie by the aid of machinery
has at length been attained. Ma
chinery has been perfected for decor
ticating and reducing the fiber to II
soft white silky substance. In such
Il condition it enters the field as a
formidable rival of cotton, silk, flax
and jutc in textile fabrics. Samples
of the beautiful white downy threads
of the ramie were seen by "Chroni-
Gle" reporter, as well rs samples of
velvets, dress goods, window curtains
and table covers made in Germany
| from ramie fibre mixed with silk and
natural were also shown.
The plant is now extensively cul-
tivated in France, Spain, Algeria and
Egypt, and its fibre when cleansed
and bleachcd has sold in France and
England for 60 cents ~ pound. The
main difficulty experienced in Europe
has been to obtain the fiber, but the
machine now in possession OF the
company i'll this city can decorticatc
from 5000 to 1000 pounds day
| lncTc are HOW OTucTs lIOIll Eulopo III
the company's hands to supply firms
with 100000 pounds of the fiber.
California has the advantage over
any State in the Union in the grow
ing of this plant, as it will thrive
upon alkali and adobe lands. 1t is q
very hardy plant and is one of the
best known as long-lived perennial
Propagation is obtained by means o
cuttings planted in rows, and it viii
produce stalks ready for sale in ont
year. 1t is the intention of the new
concern to purchase large tracts o
land whereon it will plant ramie, bu
farmers and others who may cult
vate the plant will find ready salt
for their product at very profitable
rates. The stalks will either be pur
chased outright or the company will
crush them with its machines at ;
royalty and then purchase the tibers
If the industry takes root, the cul
tivation of ramie will certainly b,
compensating to persons who ma,
engage in its culture, and add to thu
many products OF the State.-[S. +
Chronicle.